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Memorabilia Makes Great Gifts: Here's Why

If you're like many people, you might be out of unique gift ideas. Do you need to buy corporate gifts that are guaranteed to impress? Forget the flowers, gift baskets and fruit-of-the-month club subscriptions and turn to a proven winning idea for memorable gifts - memorabilia.

If you think of memorabilia as dusty old Americana tucked in the corners of someone's attic a la the American Pickers television show, you're missing out on a whole aspect of collectors of memorabilia. It's a huge, broad field that runs the gamut from celebrity autographs on scraps of paper to - well, just about anything having to do with any kind of celebrity culture. There's sports memorabilia, music memorabilia, movie memorabilia, political memorabilia, commercial memorabilia - and that's just scratching the surface. With that broad of a choice, it's not difficult to choose memorabilia gifts that just about anyone can appreciate.

From Elvis Presley to Justin Bieber and the Jonas Brothers, music fans will be thrilled with autographs, signed photos and collections of memorabilia related to their favorite artists. Consider concert posters featuring rock legends like Santana, Aerosmith, Stevie Ray Vaughn and the Boss himself for your favorite rock fan's man cave, or Justin Bieber, Jonas Brothers or Taylor Swift autographed photos as a birthday gift for a teenybopper fan. Among the most popular types of music memorabilia are autographed guitars and clothing worn on stage by performers like Elvis.

Sports Memorabilia

If you're outfitting a man cave or need a gift for a sports fan colleague, nothing quite fits the bill as well as signature game jerseys. One of the most popular recent types of sports memorabilia, game jerseys worn by top basketball stars often are available in designer frames, paired with matted photos and authenticated autographs. Signed game balls from basketball, football and baseball games are always popular, as are signed hockey pucks, especially if they were used in a championship game. Don't forget simpler, but still impressive types of sports memorabilia, such as tickets from sporting events. A framed display of tickets from each of the Super Bowls, for example, makes an impressive gift for an executive's office wall.

Horse Racing Memorabilia

Secretariat, Man o' War, Seattle Slew, Barbara - even to those who don't follow the ponies, the names of those majestic racehorses are familiar. Horse photos, often signed by the jockeys that rode them in their most famous races, are extremely popular with the racing set. Lend just the right note to your game room decorations with a framed photo display of the most famous horses of the 20th centuries - Triple Crown winners Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed - with engraved signatures of their jockeys. Add a riding crop to the display, or include tickets from the three races to complete the display.

Movies are the ultimate pop culture of today, and movie memorabilia includes an incredible range of types of items. Signed movie posters and theater cards for both recent movies and the old classics are always popular gift ideas. Consider an autographed poster from your friend's favorite movie or movie star, or choose a piece of memorabilia that fits the theme of the room where it will be displayed. A framed picture of Paul Newman in The Hustler, for example, is an ideal accent in the game room with a billiard table.

If you need unusual, memorable gift ideas, take a look through the offerings posted on a memorabilia specialty site online.

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